Specific tau phosphorylation sites correlate with severity of neuronal cytopathology in Alzheimer's disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-35

  Augustinack, Jean C ^a   Schneider, Anja ^b   Mandelkow, Eva Maria ^b   Hyman, Bradley T ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK UNIT FOR STRUCTURAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitope; Extraneuronal; Intraneuronal; Neurofibrillary tangle; Pretangle

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0036937699     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010100423     Document Type: Article

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